The Internet has been buzzing since Thursday morning about new uncapped ADSL offerings after MWEB announced that they are offering subscribers uncapped ADSL services from R219 per month.<\/p>\n
Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) responded quickly, including Openweb which is reselling MWEB’s services at the same price and Vox Telecom which undercut MWEB’s bundled uncapped ADSL prices.<\/p>\n
Many consumers have asked what Afrihost, the company which started the per-GB price war late last year, will do in response to MWEB’s announcement, and their subscribers will not be disappointed.<\/p>\n
Afrihost CEO Gian Visser today said that they will definitely respond to MWEB’s offerings, and that consumers can expect services from them next week which will match or better MWEB’s pricing.<\/p>\n
Afrihost sales director Greg Payne added that he believes that uncapped ADSL at these rates is sustainable, but that a substantial user base is needed to make the business model work. “Basically, with this model, you have certain users subsidising other users. As long as you can control the shaping you can still give a decent service to the majority of your users,” said Payne.<\/p>\n
Consumers can expect to start purchasing the Afrihost uncapped ADSL services from Tuesday next week.<\/p>\n